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Top 50 Manufacturing VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in February 2025

Last updated: Feb 2025 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Manufacturing startups based in Japan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Manufacturing companies from Japan. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Manufacturing VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in February 2025

Investor	Manufacturing Japan investments
UntroD Capital	17
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital	16
Real Tech Japan	13
SMBC Venture Capital	13
Incubate Fund	13
Global Brain Corporation	11
Mizuho Capital	10
Future Venture Capital	8
ANRI	8
MIRAI SOUZOU	7
Japan Science and Technology Agency	6
Osaka University Venture Capital	6
Nissay Capital	6
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners	6
Drone Fund	6
DBJ Capital	5
QB Capital	5
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan	5
Tohoku University Venture Partners	5
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)	5
DIMENSION	5
UTokyo Innovation Platform	5
IDATEN Ventures	4
FFG Venture Business Partners	4
Nippon Venture Capital	4
NOBUNAGA Capital Village	4
Fundinno	3
Shizuoka Capital	3
GREE Ventures	3
STRIVE	3
Universal Materials Incubator	3
TechAccel Ventures	3
XTech Ventures	3
Kyogin Lease & Capital	3
Globe Advisors	3
Future Food Fund	3
Dentsu	3
Japan Finance Corporation	3
Mirai Creation Fund	3
BASE Partners	3
Hiroshima Venture Capital	3
Coral Capital	3
Kemuri Ventures	3
SOSV	3
AgFunder	2
Primal Capital	2
GLOBIS	2
National Institute for Materials Science	2
CHUGIN LEASE	2
Innovation Engine	2

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UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan, Singapore, India

Portfolio highlights

Revorf — Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare.
Mjolnir Spaceworks — Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments.
Optieum Biotechnologies — Optieum Biotechnologies Inc. is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company committed to developing innovative scFv antibody-based therapies for the treatment of patients with cancers. Their proprietary platform technology, Eumbody System™, enables to develop and detect a scFv-based product candidates that specifically bind to, and modulate tooptimize the immune-cell function for oncology targets.We are committed to helping patients with severe diseases by bringing life-changing therapies to the patients in need.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.
Tensegrity Pharma — Tensegrity Pharma is the developer of a novel drug designed to minimize bottlenecks and provide innovative value to patients.
Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.

Real Tech Japan is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in innovative R&D technology companies. Realtech Fund is a joint venture between the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan, Singapore, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Ashirase — Ashirase is a developer of a walking navigation system for the visually challenged. The company assists visually impaired people in walking independently. This also allows the user to have more attention to spare for audible warnings in their environment. It includes voice input and guidance via a smartphone app. A vibration interface is attachedto their shoes.
Ken Robotec — Ken Robotec is a construction company that provides labor-saving solutions.
MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Health Care, Software
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Issin — Issin manufactures bath mats that can measure weight and automatically record daily weight changes on your smartphone.
Hireroo — HireRoo is an online coding test service that checks the skills of engineers through programming tests. It provides problems that correspond to a wide range of levels, from new graduates to mid-career tech leads, engineering managers, and various occupations. They also provide coding test planning and execution services.
Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.

Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Kaguoku — Kaguoku develops and provides the AI-based home staging services. It offers a service that uses AI to process interior photos of real estate properties to increase the property's ability to attract customers.
Time Prediction — Time Prediction focuses on development of diagnostic pharmaceuticals, drugs and medical devices for the treatment of neurological diseases.
Mjolnir Spaceworks — Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments.

Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum technology.
MOSH Japan — MOSH is a web page creation services for individual business owners.
Smart Education — Smart Education, Ltd. (located in Tokyo, Japan, President Daigo Ikeya) launched it’s kid’s music app “Rhythm Book” for smartphones and tablets. It’s in the App Store as an universal app for iPhone, iPad and iTouch. With Rhythm book, kids can learn and feel the rhythm by tapping instruments along with their favorite songs. There are more than 100kid’s songs from TV, cartoons, to choose from and nursery rhymes in English and in Japanese. Stimulate the young mind with genuine and real studio recorded music and sounds. This app is designed to co-play between parents and child. You can purchase more songs via internet and the songs you’ve purchased can be co-owned by the same Apple ID through iCloud.

Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Internet
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Torihada — Torihada is a creative firm specializing in influencer marketing, creating content, and digital marketing.
MOSH Japan — MOSH is a web page creation services for individual business owners.
Gaudi Clinical — Gaudi Clinical is a health care firm that engages in regenerative medicine outsourcing and cell processing contract establishments.

Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investment. The firm invests in diversified investment in a broad range of industrial sectors. It seeks to invest in Japan. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its portfolio companies. Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based inKyoto, Japan with offices in Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Kanazawa, Mie, Sakai, Kobe, and Ehime.

Investment focus

Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan, United States, Myanmar

Portfolio highlights

CoCooking — CoCooking uses food and cooking to create ample opportunity for dialogue and thought, fostering creativity, diversity, and well-being of individuals and communities.
TelaAxon — TelaAxon develops artificial intelligence technology for sustainable operations, enhancing human-AI coexistence, safety, and wellness.
Second Heart — Second Heart is a medical center that offers preventive diabetic care and awareness programs to avoid foot amputations.

ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Pleap — Pleap is a medical engineering company specializing in the development of AI and IoT-based technology solutions tailored for medical institutions. The company's product offerings include "medimo" which is an AI tool that automatically creates medical record manuscripts from medical audio.
Infobox — Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers.
Optieum Biotechnologies — Optieum Biotechnologies Inc. is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company committed to developing innovative scFv antibody-based therapies for the treatment of patients with cancers. Their proprietary platform technology, Eumbody System™, enables to develop and detect a scFv-based product candidates that specifically bind to, and modulate tooptimize the immune-cell function for oncology targets.We are committed to helping patients with severe diseases by bringing life-changing therapies to the patients in need.

MIRAI SOUZOU operates as a venture capital firm that invests in institutional lookup and supporting projects. The Company invests in institutional research and development supporting projects, medicine, agriculture, ocean field, and other industries. Innovations and Future Creation conducts businesses in Japan.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Striemo — Striemo manufactures and develops electric personal mobility. Striemo was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
Spectronix — Spectronics is a development of new technologies and new applications to bring about innovation, focusing on the future of laser technology.

Japan Science and Technology Agency is an integrated organization of science and technology that implements science and technology policy in Japan. It handles many projects, including the government’s Science and Technology Basic Plan and knowledge creation. The European Sustainability School ESSSR is the owner of Japan Science and TechnologyAgency.Japan Science and Technology Agency undertakes its task in a comprehensive manner. It also works to provide a sound infrastructure of science and technology information and raise awareness and understanding of science and technology-related issues in Japan.Japan Science and Technology Agency is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Investment focus

Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan

Portfolio highlights

OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum technology.
Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
RadioNano Therapeutics — RadioNano Therapeutics is developing innovative drugs for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), a type of radiation therapy that utilizes the nuclear reaction between thermal neutrons and boron-10 (¹⁰B) to destroy cancer cells by releasing alpha particles and lithium nuclei.

Osaka University Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage ventures in the fields of life innovation, green innovation, and platform technology. The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Osaka, Japan.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Alpha Fusion — Alpha Fusion Inc. is a clinical-stage startup committed to transforming cancer treatment through the design and development of powerful and precise radiopharmaceuticals.
Celaid Therapeutics — Celaid Therapeutics specializes in manufacturing and sales of regenerative medicine products utilizing human hematopoietic stem cells.
Red Arrow Therapeutics — Red Arrow Therapeutics is a biotech firm that provides systemic cytokine delivery, targeted intratumoral activation, and biological potency.

Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.

Investment focus

Health Care, Internet, Medical
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan, United States, Ethiopia

Portfolio highlights

HQ — HQ offers next-generation employee benefits platform.
Doctor's Prime — Doctor's Prime is a technology company that provides is a part-time job information service for optimizing the working style of doctors.
Qlay — Qlay is an AI-automated global engineer hiring platform

UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Issin — Issin manufactures bath mats that can measure weight and automatically record daily weight changes on your smartphone.
Liminal — Advanced battery inspection and metrology with ultrasound and machine learning
Eureka Robotics — Eureka Robotics develop robotics technologies and products to automate the mundane, so that humans can focus on the creative.

Drone Fund is a venture capital firm that provides supports in IP strategy, innovative planning, and drone policy. It offers capital investment and financing and aims to create a Drone Ecosystem where LPs and startups can benefit from membership within the Drone Fund.

Investment focus

Drones, Robotics, Aerospace
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

LOMBY — LOMBY is a logistic firm that delivers orders through its robotic machines.
Eight Knot — Eight Knot designs and develops autonomous navigation system for water mobility using robotics & AI.
Proxima Technology — Proxima Technology is an IT company that provides artificial intelligence and deep learning solutions for the manufacturing industry.

DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in June 2010 through the integration of two venture capital firms of the DBJ Group, New Business Investment Co., Ltd. and Intellectual Properties Development & Investment, Inc. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Development Bank of Japan Inc.At DBJ Capital, we focus on venture firms which use newtechnologies and business models to grow and compete on the global market, regardless of their industry or scale. To meet the particular needs of each client, we mobilize the entire DBJ Group to arrange the best investment solutions, ranging from growth-spurring equity investment to financing schemes drawing on DBJ's vast networks.We also assist in venture start-ups. Our value enhancement team provides the kind of comprehensive, hands-on support needed to commercialize outstanding intellectual property and technologies developed by firms, research labs, and universities, and to carve out a place for them in the market.DBJ Capital will continue to play in a part in Japan's economic revival - by helping the firms we invest in to grow, and by encouraging the creation of new industries in Japan.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Internet
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan, United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Precal — Precal is an information technology company that develops applications that are common with pharmacies, pharmacists, and dispensing clerks.
Linqmed — Linqmed is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research and development of radiopharmaceuticals for cancer treatment.
MOSH Japan — MOSH is a web page creation services for individual business owners.

QB Capital is make equity investments in venture companies.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Medteria — Medteria is a medtech startup developing pathology AI. It is the provider of the “Medteria” communication cloud platform for healthcare professionals and medical students.
Power Diamond Systems — Power Diamond Systems is a research and development firm that focuses on diamond semiconductor devices.
Japan Carbon Cycle Lab — Japan Carbon Cycle Lab is a technology company that focuses on the research and development of CO2 capture and recycling techniques.

Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) is a public-private partnership aimed at promoting innovation and enhancing value.Leveraging the rich history of Japanese technological prowess, INCJ aims to provide financial, technological and management support in order to promote the creation of next-generation businesses through “openinnovation,” or the flow of technology and expertise beyond the boundaries of existing organizational structures.INCJ will draw on funding as well as management and technological expertise from the public and private sectors. INCJ is actively reviewing various investment opportunities in areas of green energy, electronics, IT and biotechnology to infrastructure-related sectors such as water supply. Each investment will be thoroughly vetted to ensure it meets the exacting standards of INCJ's Innovation Network Committee, which will make the final investment decisions.INCJ is capitalized at 280 billion yen, with the Japanese government injecting 266 billion yen and 26 private corporations (refer to details in Appendix below) providing a further 14 billion yen. The government will also provide guarantees up to a total of 1,800 billion yen for INCJ investments, giving it an investment capability of approximately 2,000 billion yen. INCJ will be established for a period of 15 years.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Software, Robotics
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Cloudian — Cloudian provides exabyte-scale storage for your capacity-intensive workloads: S3-compatible storage for on-prem, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud.
Seajacks — Cadeler is a global leader in offshore wind farm construction, maintenance, and decommissioning.
Vehicle Energy Japan — Vehicle Energy Japan specializes in development, manufacturing and sales of automotive lithium-ion batteries.

THVP is a venture capital corporation for startup innovation. It was established in 2015 and is based in Nagoya, Japan.

Investment focus

Medical, Nursing and Residential Care, Manufacturing
Series A, Seed, Series C
Japan

Portfolio highlights

LIGHTz — LIGHTz delivers a technology transfer and information exchange platform leveraging AI.
Rege Nephro — Rege Nephro is a biotech company that specialized in R&D, production and marketing of renal disease therapeutics.
Hakko Holdings — Hakko Holdings is a food-tech company that specializes in producing and manufacturing fermented plant-based food with unique fermentation technology for healthy and sustainable lives.

MSIVC is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups scaling to IPO. It focuses on startups in verticals of Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI, E-Commerce, Foodtech, and Environment etc.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

NEL — NEL is a creative agency that offers a platform that connects brands and customers through purchases and SNS posts.
Secai Marche — SECAI MARCHE is Farm-Fresh Platform to link farmers and enthusiasm chefs and consumer in all over the world.
Gaudi Clinical — Gaudi Clinical is a health care firm that engages in regenerative medicine outsourcing and cell processing contract establishments.

DIMENSION is an investment fund management company.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing, Content
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Japan, India, Romania

Portfolio highlights

Newmo — newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort.
Any — any. develops and offers knowledge sharing tool Qast.
Find — Find is a software company that provides cloud development and operation services.

The University of Tokyo IPC is a company responsible for expanding the innovation ecosystem of the University of Tokyo. Accelerate global innovation from the University of Tokyo through three activities: start-up support, investment business, and corporate innovation support.It was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University ofTokyo in 2016 with the enforcement of the revised law of the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Law, which is the basis law. The investment targets of the Todai IPC are venture companies that utilize the research results and human resources of the University of Tokyo, but they also make FOF (fund of funds) investments in funds managed by some private venture capital companies. In 2019, it started a consortium-type incubation program (University of Tokyo IPC 1stRound) to support the establishment and financing of Tokyo University-related ventures.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Medical, Manufacturing
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Issin — Issin manufactures bath mats that can measure weight and automatically record daily weight changes on your smartphone.
BlueWX — BlueWX is a software company that develops predictive content services that supports in forecasting, and weather analysis.
Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.

IDATEN Ventures is a VC fund specializing in seed-stage and early-stage startups developing technologies and/or services which will support the following industries: manufacturing, construction, and logistics.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Sales, Medical
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Magic Shields — Magic Shields is a manufacturer and seller of floors, nursing care, and welfare products.
Astra Food Plan — Astra Food Plan is a manufacturer and supplier of superheated steamer, food processing equipment and food powders.
Floadia — Floadia aims to realize artificial intelligence (AI) with semiconductor memory, and is developing semiconductor memory that opens up a new world.

FFG Venture Business Partners is a large-scale enterprise that offers in traditional regional bank venture capital.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

ACCEL Stars — ACCEL Stars is a fitness and wellness firm that offers sleep diagnosis and examinations like sleep health, hygiene and medical devices.
KOALA Tech — Koala Tech Inc. is an innovative high-tech startup company, whose goal is to pioneer practical applications of the world's first organic semiconductor laser diode that has been realized in the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) at Kyushu University.
Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.

Nippon Venture Capital ("NVCC"), established in 1996 as one of the few largest Japanese independent venture capital firms, is destined to undertake the unprecedented task of providing full-range venture capital services in cooperation with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies, which have supported and nurtured various newbusinesses on their own, as well as proactively developing new venture enterprises.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Gecipe — Gecipe is a video service for e-sports players.
Awarefy — Awarefy is a mental health tech startup that offers CBT-based apps to maximize well-being.
Rege Nephro — Rege Nephro is a biotech company that specialized in R&D, production and marketing of renal disease therapeutics.

NOBUNAGA Capital Village is a venture capital firm that seeks investment in early-stage and later-stage companies.

Investment focus

AgTech, Fitness, Medical
Series A, Seed, Series B
Japan

Portfolio highlights

CuboRex — CuboRex realizes creative mobility using its crawler technology.
RemitAid — RemitAid is a fintech company that operates an overseas payment platform for cross-border transactions between companies.
Robofull — Robofull is a manufacturing firm that specializes in the design and sale of automation equipment for factories to solve the labor shortage.

Fundinno is an equity investment crowdfunding platform.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Content, Health Care
Equity Crowdfunding, Product Crowdfunding, Funding Round
Japan, France

Portfolio highlights

EBRU — EBRU is a manufacturer and seller of earphones and ear monitor audio products that include custom artwork on the products.
Meiten Kan — Meiten Kan engages in the food delivery service industry.
Human Potential Lab — Human Potential Lab is a company that supports individual skills development and corporate organizational change. Focusing on mental health and well-being, the company's programs are based on brain science, bioscience, psychology, and technology.

Shizuoka Capital Company Limited operates as a venture capital firm. It engages in the acquisition, holding, and, sale of securities.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Content
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
Gaudi Clinical — Gaudi Clinical is a health care firm that engages in regenerative medicine outsourcing and cell processing contract establishments.
Takumi Giken Kogyo — Takumi Giken Kogyo is a price technology developer to help parts manufacturers quickly identify acceptable product prices. Takumi Giken Kogyo assists in estimate calculation and product function through AI drawing search and repeat project determination function, enabling manufacturers with flexible customization of product functions based oncustomer requirements.

GREE Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early stage startups.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Task Management
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

81RAVENS — In order to increase the number of esports players, it is necessary to expand the economic sphere surrounding the game. To this end we are developing a esports game and its platform that will allow anyone to organize esports competitions and allow numerous stakeholders to participate.
Smartround — Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase.
Infobox — Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers.

STRIVE focuses on investing in early-stage (Seed to Series A) internet and mobile companies. It seeks out companies in Japan, Southeast Asia, and India with top-notch management teams and strong market potential. It is not tied to strategic investments for GREE Inc. and leverages its pan-Asia expertise for guiding its portfolio in an engaged,hands-on role.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, India, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Asuene — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!

Universal Materials Incubator Co., Ltd. is venture capital firm specializing in materials and chemical industry investments. The firm was established on October, 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Chemical
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

IPEACE223 — IPEACE223 is a chemical company that produces green propylene from raw biomass materials using zeolite catalyst technology.
iMicrobes — We are a synthetic biology company on the mission to work with the world's largest companies to use new raw materials and recycle waste for chemical production, polymers, agriculture, and space exploration.
Allied Carbon Solutions Co. — Allied Carbon Solutions is a biotechnology company that manufactures and sells biosurfants and livestock feed.

TechAccel Ventures is a Seed and Early-Stage Venture Capital firm focused on technology startups in Japan. The firm contributes to the development of the Japanese industry by providing investment and support based on a technical perspective.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Information Technology, Information Services
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

SIRU+ — SIRU+ is a startup that enables you to convert consumer purchasing data into nutrients and visualize and quantify consumer shopping trends. Through the app developed by the company, consumers can know their nutrition status. The service “SIRU+ (SIRU+)” is an app that lets you know the nutrition of what you bought by simply registering a super pointcard.
EAGLYS — EAGLYS provides a platform for secure computing and AI.
KOALA Tech — Koala Tech Inc. is an innovative high-tech startup company, whose goal is to pioneer practical applications of the world's first organic semiconductor laser diode that has been realized in the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) at Kyushu University.

XTech Ventures aims to achieve dramatic growth for investee companies by supporting entrepreneurship, multifaceted management support, and IPO support for the excellent middle class who are enthusiastic about entrepreneurship.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Creator's X — Creator's X is an anime production firm that focuses on developing animation production assistance tools using AI.
Infobox — Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers.
Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.

Kyogin Lease & Capital is an investment firm that specializes in the leasing, stock and bond investment and public offering consulting.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Task Management, Medical
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Thinca — Thinca is an IT system planning, development, and operations company that provides a cloud-based CTI (Computer Telephony Integration) hospitality & communication solution for corporate offices.
Towing — Towing is an agricultural company that provides farming, manufacturing, and recycling services.
Regional Fish — Regional Fish provides seed, seedlings, aquaculture methods and fisheries services.

Globe Advisors is an independent investor that finds companies that are expected to grow significantly in the future. A growing company is one that a good manager and his team can put in a good product in a good market. Such companies are properly valued, funds for growth are raised and a better future is created. Globe Advisors wants to be acompany that can contribute to the creation of such a society.

Investment focus

SNS, Artificial Intelligence, Content
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

initialpoint — initialpoint develops an authentication systems for the telecommunications industry, social infrastructure, and security solution companies.
Galapagos — Galapagos is a manufacturing company that focuses on results.They trying to create an application that produces results in the application market where only good things are evaluated.
Galapagos Japan — Galapagos is a manufacturing company that focuses on results.They trying to create an application that produces results in the application market where only good things are evaluated.

Future Food Fund is a corporate venture capital company that specializes in the field of food.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Agriculture
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

MeliBio — Discover MeliBio's innovative bee-free honey, promoting a sustainable future for humans and bees. Explore our mission, vision, and impact.
greenase — greenase is a manufacturer and seller of processed agricultural products.
LacuS — LacuS is a food technology company, develops and sells complete nutrition ice cream, provides nutritious food option for people of all ages.

At dentsu, innovation is our strength, and your growth is our mission. We help you keep up with technological changes in the digital economy.

Investment focus

Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Advertising
Funding Round, Corporate Round, Series B
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

TBM — TBM is a company that develops, manufactures and sells paper and plastic alternative products made from a limestone-based material known as “LIMEX”.
FIREBUG — FIREBUG enables comedians, actresses, models, artists, managers, and creators to develop their skills. They arrange production plans for numerous talents and create IP and advertising items based on the social networking sites of the talents. Additionally, they offer marketing solutions built around a range of talent-focused content. They offerbasic marketing assistance and advertising for businesses.
IDN Media — IDN Media is the leading media platform company for Millennials and Gen Z in Indonesia.

Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
Japan, India, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Meleap — HADO is a new sport utilizing the leading AR technology with players wearing a head mounted display and an armband sensor to compete against each other by using the ‘energy ball’ or ‘shield’ and earn points in a three-on-three, eighty-minutes game between two teams.
Tanaakk — TANAAKK provides “HITSERIES”, Growth-as-a-Service especially for Fortune Global 500 in-house startups to migrate R&D fruits into cloud-native scalable SaaS. HITSERIES delivers reference architecture, platform and related DevOps, RevOps, EquityOps services. There is annually US$190 R&D expenditure solely in Japan. TANAAKK find growth optionin R&D, selecting right cloud business scheme and enabling liquidity for discounted intellectual assets. Usually supporting conglomerate to achieve new $100M SaaS revenue in 5 years.
Shiftmation — Axiverse creates an environment where employees shift automatic creation service using artificial intelligence to create a better society.

The Mirai Creation Fund invests in companies and projects that use the latest technologies and business models, supporting the growth of value in these companies and projects, wherever they are found around the world.

Investment focus

Robotics, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Japan, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

MUSVI — MUSVI is an informartion technology company that provides spatial connectivity solutions, and community platform services.
Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
elleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.

BASE Partners is an independent venture capital organization organized by members who are professionals in each field such as managers, entrepreneurs, engineers, designers and accountants, and who are also entrepreneurs at the same time.Early and middle, mainly in the seed stage before and after the establishment. Up to the stage, we invest inall entrepreneurs and their challenges, and we also provide hands-on management support to startups that lack resources, experience and networks as well as funding.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Task Management, Content
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Sabu — Sabu is an online work agency that offers back-office operations, web production, and outsourcing services for the dental care industry.
Utill — Utill is anything that expands the possibilities of not only production but also our own services
Vesicle — Vesicle is a fruit and vegetable company that provides distribution and delivery of fresh vegetables.

Hiroshima Venture Capital provides venture capital investment services. The firm creates corporate value from a long-term perspective.

Investment focus

Task Management, Manufacturing, Software
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

ZABoooN — ZABoooN is a shipping company that offers crew labor management, movement management, and ship management services.
MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
Industrial-X — INDUSTRIAL-X provides business consulting, structure transformation support, DX human resource development, solution procurement support, and BPO solutions. Their customers inquiries are addressed through online applications.

Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

STRACT — STRACT is a web platform that provides online platform, dating app, knowledge sharing cloud platform, and casual entertainment services.
HQ — HQ offers next-generation employee benefits platform.
Okuma Diamond Device — Okuma Diamond Device supplies cutting-edge technologies that make diamond semiconductors vital.

Kemuri Ventures is a Japanese venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Food Processing, Food and Beverage, Agriculture
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a firm that utilizes discarded food waste to create ingredients such as plant-based proteins.
HarvestX — HarvestX manufactures fully automatic robots which contributes to the shortage of agricultural human resources and stable food production
Quantum Flowers & Foods — Quantum Flowers & Foods is a technology firm that develops and creates agricultural business models and technologies.

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

AgFunder invests in impactful companies that can positively transform the world's food system. Founded in 2013, AgFunder manages a portfolio of over 50 companies across four funds from offices in Silicon Valley and Singapore. Through its media platform AFN, it has built a global ecosystem of over 90,000 subscribers.

Investment focus

Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

Klim — Klim enables farmers to transition to regenerative agriculture at scale by providing them financial support, knowledge, documentation tools, and a community via our digital companion for farmers.Klim-verified carbon removal credits, generated by Klim farmers, help companies to transition to net zero by offsetting their carbon emissions locallyand with maximum impact and transparency.
Uviquity — Uviquity is a firm that wants to encourage safety for their clients. The company is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the United States.
Eion — Eion removes atmospheric CO2, permanently and verifiably, with enhanced rock weathering on soil

Primal Capital, an independent venture capital " incubator bait fund at ", served as the Associate than July 2012 Hiroshi was Sasaki is the venture capital fund that serves as the representative partner. Representative of Sasaki, the seed acceleration program "Incubate Camp" operated by Incubate bait fund is carried out a totalof four times of planning and management than in 2012, They have also engaged in support operations of portfolio companies. - See more at: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/primal-capital#sthash.m2z1DCbt.dpuf

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Japan, Spain, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Hivello — Hivello is a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network aggregator. Contribute resources, connect with Web3 protocols, and effortlessly generate passive income.
RemitAid — RemitAid is a fintech company that operates an overseas payment platform for cross-border transactions between companies.
xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.

In 1992, GLOBIS started out with one marketing course in a small, rented classroom in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Since then, the management environment surrounding Japanese companies has reached an unparalleled turning point requiring dynamic change and creativity. The history of GLOBIS is the continual pursuit of creative change and innovationdrawing upon our own experience in starting and growing businesses. In "People" infrastructures, we have turned out a large number of business leaders and supported corporate clients in enhancing their management capabilities. In "Capital," we have supported the creative efforts of venture businesses, and in "Knowledge," we have published numerous books on management. With each new day, GLOBIS takes another step toward becoming the No. 1 business school in Asia as well as Asia's No. 1 venture capital firm. Yoshito Hori Chairman and CEO of GLOBIS Corporation

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Pet, Sustainability
Seed, Series B, Funding Round
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Anipos — Anipos is an application that allows you to easily claim pet insurance.
HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
Blossom Energy — Developed advanced nuclear reactors that are able to produce clean energy, Blossom Energy manufactures nuclear reactors for the nuclear energy industry. The focus of the company is on providing affordable, stable, and sustainable energy for the world. The company utilizes HTGR, which is a fourth-generation nuclear reactor.

R&D Organization by the government of Japan

Investment focus

Energy, Battery, Advanced Materials
Seed, Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Thermalytica — Thermalytica is engaged in research, development, and consulting services for heat insulating materials and heat shielding materials. It also offers electron beam physical vapor deposition equipment and thermal barrier coating equipment. They serve construction materials, plants, and home appliances.

CHUGIN LEASE provides lease and all other machinery and equipment. It also provides consultation on installment purchases for those who want to own the machinery and equipment or those that cannot be leased.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Finance, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

MFS — MFS is an online mortgage service. No need to search for, apply for, or negotiate with a financial institution. The media has also attracted much attention and has been featured in major media such as the NHK, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and the Yomiuri Shimbun.
enpay — enpay is a SaaS platform that offers cashless collection services.
Hutzper — Hutzper is a computing solution for the manufacturing industry specialized in image recognition and AI development.

Innovation Engine has been is promoting investment to create and grow promising business areas created from technology.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Series C
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Asilla — Asilla develops and provides AI specialized in image and video analysis. Its services, the Vehicle recognition AI, recognizes the manufacturer and model from the image of the vehicle. It also has a censorship service that detects inappropriate images that can not be released, including copyrights and obscene expressionsAsilla was founded in 2015and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Ranimaru — Ranimaru is pet service providing company that offers pet sitting, care of your pet dog in events, professional course about pet sitting.
Drone Show Japan — Drone Show Japan company specializes in drone shows for events, aerial photography, and workshops.

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